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1000 books in 2019

Let's continue the tradition of this thread for...wow, 5 years now!

The goal, just like in the previous 4 years, is to read at least a 1000 comic book issues in 365 days, starting today!

Keep us updated of your progress and if you fancy write a few lines about what you've read, what you liked and disliked, just to keep things interesting and informative (even if you just pick your favourite and least favourite of your batch).

Usually a 22 pages comic counts as one issue, in case of other formats just divide it with 22. If you feel like your 48 pages long French album is really wordy and takes just as long to read as a 120pg american tpb then feel free to count it as 3 or even 5 issues, nobody gonna shout at you, it's all for fun.

Feel free to adjust the volume of the challenge depending on your circumstances. If you think you can only manage to read 300 issues this year, you are still more then welcome to participate. Same if you think you will read way more than a 1000 issues.

Glad that we are continuing this tradition, it's one of my favourite threads to visit. I am going for more conservative targets for 2019, given my rate in 2018 and the fact that I've just started a PhD. I will also not be buying much this year, which means that I will get to revisit some of my favourites, which is nice I also intend to keep a slightly more in depth record of my reading.

Hello. Long time lurker, second time poster. I took part in last year's challenge, from a distance as i wasn't a member. I didn't record the number of issues I read, though. My goal is to read at least 3 issues a day, a number that will easily meet the challenge.

Hello. Long time lurker, second time poster. I took part in last year's challenge, from a distance as i wasn't a member. I didn't record the number of issues I read, though. My goal is to read at least 3 issues a day, a number that will easily meet the challenge.

I've loved this club, even if I don't check in so often. I went from barely keeping up with new purchases in 2016 to keeping up with ALL of Marvel and DC in 2018! Looking forward to a new year of reading at least 2,019 comics, and maybe more than that.

Do you read comics in TPBs, HCs, and omnibuses - or are just not sure where to start? Check out my definitive guides to DC (including Rebirth!), Valiant Comics, and Marvel - including every X-Men and Avengers team and each Marvel Event.

2019:
January:Obscure cities #4 (The Road to Armilia) by Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten. A truly remarkable series, the fourth installment is more a picture book than a comic/gn. I enjoyed the first 3 parts more. 100 pages, 5 issues.Obscure cities #5 (Brüsel). I liked this one a lot. It's sorta satirical criticism on the urban planning of Brussels in the last 150 years. There are a few articles on the start to inform the reader so it's more understandable. It gets real weird toward the end, reminded me of some of Moebius' solo works. Around 130 pages, or 6 issues. Obscure cities #6 (The leaning girl). Read this once before a few years ago. The leaning girl was introduced as a short illustrated story in #4 of the series, and here is developed further into a gn. Parallel to it there's a photo-story and the two mix near the end. Again, an unusual and intriguing story with spectacular art. 165 pages or 8 issues.Pinocchio (Winshluss) - A loose adaptation of the classic we all know. weird piece of artsy comic, maybe a bit over-the-top. Mixed feels. ~185 pages, ~8 issuesObscure cities #7 (a man's shadow) - not as interesting as the others. After consuming a strange medicine a man has troubles with his shadow. ~90 pages, 4 issuesObscure cities #8 (invisible border) - nice one. A cartographer who respects old illustrated maps gets dragged into a conspiracy. sorta. 140 pages, 6 issues.Obscure cities #9 (grain of sand theory) - interesting but felt a bit dragged. A strange tribesman comes to the city and interesting phenomena start. Mary, the once leaning child, tries to solve the mysteries. 120 pages so around 6 issuesPolar vol.1-2 (Victor Santos) - enjoyable, but not much substance. A poor man's Frank Miller. 320 pages, ~14 iss. Jeremiah integrals 5 & 6 (Hermann) - interesting and easy read as usual. Six episodes/albums, 288 pages, 13 issuesMarcel LaBrume (Micheluzzi, Attilio) - it's 1940, LaBrume doesn't care much for the war but somehow gets involved.. obviously draws a lot from Casablanca and it's set on the Levant and Maghreb regions. Wonderful simple graphic style of Micheluzzi. ~145 pages, 7 issuesTerre-Neuvas (Chaboute) - a thriller set on a cod fishing boat of the coast of Newfoundland. Interesting. 120 pages, 5 issues on account of not much text.Monsieur désire? (Hubert/Augustin) - a satirical tale depicting aristocratic decadence of early victorian era. The comic is followed by a few articles accompanied with historical illustrations that give a deeper insight into english society in the mid 19th century. 94 pages but i'll count 5 issues due to some 12 pages more of just txt. Universal War One (Denis Bajram) - A stunning space time-travel epic. A must read for any SF fan. ~300 pages, 13 issues (6 albums).

March:Streak of chalk (M.Prado, NBM) - Short but compelling erotic drama with a mindfuck twist. 90 pages or 4 issues. Les vieux fourneaux (The old furnaces) albums 1-4 - afaik this is a bestselling title in the french market now, and it's made into a movie also.. It's about three old guys who still have some fire in them. It's funny but also satirical on today's society. Dunno if there's an english translation. 230 Pages, 10 issues. Olympian dream (Reinhard Kleist) - A bio graphic novel about the tragic life of Somalian olympian runner Samia Yusuf Omar. 150 pages, 7 issuesThe black aurora - a comic by local scene artists.Psychedelic and trippy mixed bag. Prolly the worst art in any published comic i've seen so far, but i respect the effort. 120 pages, 6 issues.Hashish - Another local product. Henri Michaux, a notable french surrealist, had some thoughts on the way hashish affected him (in comparison with mescaline). Those writings are here visually interpreted by macedonian artist (and friend of mine) Gjorgje Jovanovic. 64 pages, or 3 issues. How to talk to girls at parties (Gaiman/Ba-Moon) - Overrated. 64 pages, 3 issues. Sexcastle - Funny. 200 pages, 9 issues. the White lama (Jodo/Bess) - Great art, but boring to me. 290 pages, 13 issues.

May: Asterix 9 albums - been getting these new volumes coming out recently... catching back on some good childhood reads. Each album ~46 pages, so total: 414 pgs or 18 issues.It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken - I liked the art style a lot, kinda like 1950s cartoons.. the story is soso. ~170 pgs. 8 issues.

June: One spring in Chernobyl - inspired by the HBO show i decided to go back and reread this semidocumentary gn by the fantastic Emmanuel Lepage. Well worth it if you can get to it. ~160 pages, ~7 issues. Blankets - mhm.. Nicely drawn, put it didn't really get to me... remember reading Habibi only halfway through once. Perhaps Craig isn't my thing. 592 pages, ~27 issues.

JanuaryAquaman by Johns omnibus: (31 issues) My first Aquaman series and a great start to the year. Global Frequency Deluxe: (12 issues) Good comics, but I think my expectations were too high going into this. I kept waiting for the different one-issue stories to culminate in an amazing finale, much like Planetary. So I was disappointed when that didn't happen.Usagi Yojimbo Saga 3: (22 issues) I'm now over half way through this series and the quality is so consistent. I'll be sad to get to the end.Deadly Class Deluxe 1-2: (31 issues) Absolutely amazing in parts, very good in others. Didn't take to the main character though.Usagi Yojimbo Saga 4: (22 issues) The best volume yet!Silver Surfer Omnibus: (30 issues) Another great read, I've had a great month. The ending was good, but not as good as I'd heard.Joe The Barbarian: (8 issues) Took a while to get into, I ended up having to start again and binge over a weekend. definitely not a good one to read an issue a night just before bed.Usagi Yojimbo Saga 5: (22 issues) I'm running out of things to say about how much I enjoy this, but I do!

Total for month: 178 issues
Total for year: 178 issues

FebruarySweet Tooth Deluxe 1-3: (40 issues) I've just picked up lots of Vertigo stuff I never got around to reading before. I hope it's as high a quality as Sweet Tooth.Usagi Yojimbo Saga 6: (22 issues) I can't think of anything which has been at such a consistent standard for such a long period of time.Scalped TP 1-10: (60 issues) Gave up on waiting for an omnibus to be announced and picked up the trades. Usagi Yojimbo Saga 7: (22 issues) Hope the next volume comes out on time after I heard about the character going to IDW.Darth Vader Omnibus: (29 issues) Loved the premise and initial interactions of Vader, didn't maintain that level of quality, but still good enough to convince me to pick up the upcoming SW omnibus.Injection Deluxe: (15 issues) Far preferred it to Global Frequency.

Total for month: 188 issues
Total for year: 366 issues

MarchMasters of the Universe Omnibus: (63 issues) I wasn't expecting great things from this, but it was worse than I expected. I'll probably end up selling this one when I can recoup my money.100 Bullets TP1-5: (101 issues) A really good read, but at times I felt like I could have done with a cheat sheet to remember certain names/characters!Punisher Max Omnibus 1: (34 issues) After hearing someone on the forum say this was better than Preacher I finally got around to reading it. They were right, hope the second volume's as good!

Total for month: 198 issues
Total for year: 564 issues

AprilStar Wars Omnibus: (47 issues) I enjoy Aaron's writing and this was decent, but the whole thing just felt redundant in a way the Darth Vader omnibus didn't. I knew Luke wasn't going to receive any Jedi training, that C3PO would be rescued, etc.Conan Chronicles 1-2 by Busiek: (40 issues) Really happy to finally own this as, like many people, I missed out on the Dark Horse volumes.Punisher Max Omnibus 2: 12 issues in and it's a great read. Ennis' fixation with male genital mutilation is getting a bit repetitive though.

Total for month: 99 issues
Total for year: 663 issues

MayPunisher Max Omnibus 2: (26 issues) This may be my favourite Ennis run, really enjoyed it. BPRD Hell On Earth HC 1-5: (80 issues approx.) I'd already read the first couple, but really enjoyed binging the whole thing.Walking Dead TP 31: (6 issues) The series has had its ups and downs, this volume was one of the most enjoyable in a while.

Total for month: 112 issues
Total for year: 775 issues

JuneBerserk Deluxe 1: (28 issues) It was really good, not sure if I enjoyed it enough to commit to 15 volumes though.Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus 4: (39 issues) When it was good, it was very good. Especially in the Green Goblin centred issues. However there were more clunkers than in previous volumes. Still really enjoyed it though, bring on volume 5!Usagi Yojimbo 8: (22 issues) So consistent.

Total for month: 89 issues
Total for year: 864 issues

JulyTransformers Phase 2 v9: (9 issues) I've gotten too used to bingeing my content, felt a bit lost at times.New Frontier TP: (17 issues) Best DC title I've read in some time.Moonshadow: (13 issues) I enjoyed it and grew to like the titular character, despite the story meandering massively.Berserk Deluxe 2: (28 issues) Very enjoyable, I actually forgot I was reading a flashback for about half the book!Chew Deluxe 1-6: (60 issues) A lot of fun, although it petered out a little towards the end.Men of Wrath Deluxe: (5 issues) Blew through it, a brilliant read.Batman Flashpoint TP: (6 issues) enjoyed the Batman story, but skipped most of the others.